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    20 hours ago

    petroleum derivatives

    That would exclude coal. But yes fossil fuels are generally regarded to be carbon based.

    I used the term to describe fuels extracted from the earth that will eventually run out as they are not renewable (on a human timescale). I made no claim about harmfulness there, just ranking the types of fossil fuels by badness while including nuclear.